Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Godin, and the kind words. You've really teed it up for us in terms of an opportunity here to share something with you. I think there are some easy practical ones which we wouldn't want to make the key recommendation. For example, I think the enab

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Daniel.

Official Languages committee  Quickly, I would agree with everything my colleagues have shared. I think the language of business among many business owners is business, and an interesting point is that among all of us in Quebec, a lot of our English-speaking entrepreneurs sell exclusively French-speaking pr

Official Languages committee  I think that depends, really. In terms of some of the larger socio-economic information, it makes sense for us to be working with institutions that have a good scope, a good understanding, and have the credibility, like the organizations that you've mentioned. In other instances,

Official Languages committee  The census information is always useful. Yesterday there was a release of some information specifically for official language minority communities that's extremely useful. It is useful. We need it in a timely way as well. That's another aspect of this that's important. We talked

Official Languages committee  The obvious answer is yes. I would come here and I would say that we need a lot of money, and we need it for a long time to do what we want to do, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who comes to testify before a committee who says that. That being said, Mr. Nicholls, the $2.7

Official Languages committee  It's $12.9 million.

Official Languages committee  We're at the preliminary stages with respect to Europe. I think we've done a terrific job from the Quebec perspective, looking interprovincially across the country. We have our own networks that enable us to understand very clearly the economies we want to engage in. It's the sam

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chisu, that's a very good question, and I think my response will demonstrate that these strategic considerations are very, very much at the forefront of what we're considering as we move forward. You spoke at the beginning of your question about some of our priorities, and

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. Thank you for the question. It's a good question. I've had the pleasant challenge of trying to pick from among many, so if I could, I'll speak to two of them which I think are particularly relevant, and also two for which there are case studies that might be helpful

Official Languages committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, vice-chairs Monsieur Godin and Ms. St-Denis, members of the committee, mes chers collègues, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting CEDEC to testify at this committee on the vitally important subject of economic development in Canada's official lan

Official Languages committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Gourde. I will reply in English because the notes I have with me are in English and they contain the details. If we look at the regions, as you're well aware, and particularly in your area, for example, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Re

Official Languages committee  When we look at our precise area, we have nine office locations, predominantly in areas where we would see a significant pocket of English speakers, so of course in some of the major urban areas, like Montreal, like Sherbrooke, like Quebec City. Of course, some of the ones that a

Official Languages committee  I'm very pleased that you asked that question because I think so frequently the notion of entrepreneurship gets immediately tagged to small business owners or business creation. In fact, one of our principles, one of our values, is to talk about entrepreneurial culture and those

Official Languages committee  I would simply suggest that among the partners we have, the majority in Quebec are likely French-speaking organizations that are out there. Our track record and our success is largely built on the fact that the relationships with the majority community are incredibly strong.